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Constituent Power in the European Union
This book seeks to develop a new approach to EU legitimacy by reformulating the classical notion of constituent power for the context of European integration and challenging the conventional theoretical assumptions regarding the EU's ultimate source of authority.
| Author(s) | By Markus Patberg (Research Fellow in political theory, Research Fellow in political theory, University of Hamburg). |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 272 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 3 Dec 2020 |
| Availability | Available |
This book seeks to develop a new approach to EU legitimacy by reformulating the classical notion of constituent power for the context of European integration and challenging the conventional theoretical assumptions regarding the EU's ultimate source of authority.
Introduction: Reclaiming Constituent Power Part I: Setting the Stage 1: Why Constituent Power? European Integration and the Problem of Usurpation 2: Public Narratives of Constituent Power in the European Union Part II: Exploring Competing Models 3: R
Dr Markus Patberg is a research fellow in political theory at the University of Hamburg (UHH) where he is part of the DFG-funded project "Reclaiming Constituent Power? Emerging Counter-Narratives of EU Constitutionalisation". His research interests lie in
